[Vision2020] Women in Authority and Leadership!

heirdoug at netscape.net heirdoug at netscape.net
Mon Jul 9 22:20:25 PDT 2007


Here are a couple of stories about women in control to add to the 
current discussion.









>From today's Spokesman Review.





     A former assistant varsity softball coach at Centennial High School 
accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old 
female student in a public park in April pleaded guilty to a lesser 
charge today.



     Lauren Palmer was initially charged with with felony sexual battery 
of a minor. However, after prosecutors filed an amended complaint of 
felony injury to child, Palmer pleaded guilty to the lesser charge this 
afternoon in front of 4th District Judge Deborah Bail.



    Palmer will be sentenced Aug. 27.



     As part of the plea agreement , the defense plans to ask for a 
withheld judgment, meaning if Palmer successfully fulfills all the 
conditions of her probation or parole, her guilty plea will be removed 
from her record.



     Prosecutors have agreed not to pursue prison time and are not going 
to oppose the withheld judgment.



     The maximum possible penalty for felony injury to child is 10 years 
in prison.











>From the Seattle Times:





     The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding, a local Episcopal priest who announced 
she is both Muslim and Christian, will not be able to serve as a priest 
for a year, according to her bishop.



     AnnHolmesReddingDuring that year, Redding is expected to “reflect 
on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and 
what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity 
and Islam,” the Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, bishop of the Diocese of Rhode 
Island, wrote in an e-mail to Episcopal Church leaders.



     Redding was ordained more than 20 years ago by the then-bishop of 
Rhode Island, and it is that diocese that has disciplinary authority 
over her.



     During the next year, Redding “is not to exercise any of the 
responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon,” Wolf 
wrote in her e-mail. Wolf could not be reached for immediate comment.



    …



     Timethers were critical, saying it wasn’t possible to be both 
Christian and Muslim. And some took issue with her being a leader 
within the Episcopal Church while also professing another faith.



     Some also saw Redding’s announcement as another sign that the 
Episcopal Church was veering too far away from Scripture, doctrine and 
tradition. The Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the 
worldwide Anglican Communion, is already embroiled in deep conflict 
with the Communion over scriptural interpretation on issues such as 
homosexuality and the ordination of women.



     Redding says she understands that “the last thing the church needs 
to deal with at this time is this type of doctrinal dispute. I wish it 
could’ve been at a more convenient time. But as far as I know, I am 
responding to God’s will and God’s timing.”



     For her part, Redding said she didn’t feel a need to reconcile all 
the differences between the two faiths but felt that at the most basic 
level, they are compatible.



     She believes she has not violated any of her baptismal or 
ordination vows.
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